Redcar and Cleveland
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| Borough of Redcar and Cleveland | |
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| Image:EnglandRedcarCleveland.png | |
| Geography | |
| Status: | Unitary, Borough |
| Region: | North East England |
| Ceremonial county: | North Yorkshire |
| Traditional county: | Yorkshire |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 174th 244.88 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | South Bank |
| Largest Town: | Redcar |
| ONS code: | 00EE |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2004 est.) - Density | Ranked 123rd 139,100 568 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 98.9% White |
| Politics | |
| Redcar and Cleveland Council http://www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Conservative + Liberal Democrats + Independent |
| MPs: | Vera Baird, Ashok Kumar |
Redcar and Cleveland is a unitary authority borough in the former county of Cleveland, consisting of Redcar, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Guisborough, and small towns such as Brotton, Skelton, and Loftus. The area is historically part of Yorkshire, and is now part of the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire. It had a resident population of 139,132 in 2001. It is represented in Parliament by the barrister Vera Baird (Labour) for the Redcar constituency and by Ashok Kumar (Labour) for the Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency.
The district was created in 1974 as Langbaurgh, after the ancient Langbaurgh wapentake of Yorkshire. It took in part of Teesside county borough, along with Guisborough, Loftus, Saltburn and Marske-by-the-Sea and Skelton and Brotton urban districts. The Laughbaurgh district was a non-metropolitan district in the new non-metropolitan county of Cleveland. It is part of the Tees Valley area.
Cleveland was abolished on April 1, 1996, its districts becoming unitary authorities. At this time Langbaurgh was renamed Redcar and Cleveland.
External links
- Statistics about Redcar and Cleveland from the Office for National Statistics Census 2001
- http://www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk - Borough Council website
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